Lyme Disease: A Hidden Epidemic?

Craig Cox

Lyme disease may be more common than we thought, suggests an article in Alternative Medicine (May 2001), and it may be a cause or contributing factor in chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and other debilitating conditions. Some doctors and health researchers believe Lyme is spread by fleas, mosquitoes, mites, and human-to-human contact—as well as deer ticks—and that many sufferers never exhibit the bull’s-eye rash associated with the disease. Antibiotic treatment—far more extensive than prescribed for most infectious conditions—is still the only known cure.